bravado
Example Sentences
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But he criticised Hegseth's "brashness, the bravado, the bulldozing of questions" in briefings.
From BBC
“If there is a bomb, a war, so what?” said Aisha Katushabe, a Ugandan hostess at a Japanese restaurant in Dubai’s City Walk area, showing off her bravado.
All of my bravado from hijacking Elliot’s simulation test was draining away, and I was left with a familiar feeling of uncertainty.
From Literature
On the battlefield, the situation is far more complex — and dangerous — than the administration’s bravado suggests.
From Salon
MIAMI—In recent weeks, family members of a group of Cuban dissidents who overheard their making plans to “liberate Cuba” dismissed the talk as the kind of bravado that is common among Cuban-American exiles.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
